Qing-Zang-Railway runs from Xining to Lhasa for all 1956 kilometers. It is an upland railway which is the highest elevation, longest trackage and across the most frozen ground. Qing-Zang-Railway will open to traffic in June 2006. The opening is of benefit to West Development, the developing of Qinghai and Tibet, the living level of the people of our various nationalities beside, uniting our various nationalities and achieving the goal of ensuring our people a relatively comfortable life.
  To build the Qing-Zang-Railway is a consequential decision of the Party Central Committee and the State Council of the People's Republic of China for the developing of West Development and all the nationalities of China. It is an unprecedented immensity adventure to build the highest elevation and longest trackage upland railway. During these four years, all the builders followed the scientific views of development, developed the spirit of Qing-Zang-Railway of challenged limits and struggle for first class. They sturdily struggles, tided over a difficulty, finally completed the Qing-Zang-Railway, and wrote a new page of our history of railway building.
  For memory the great moment, impress the signal victory achievement, the People’s Bank of China will issue a set of “Qing-Zang-Railway Open to Traffic Gold and Silver Commemorative Coins” in June 2006. This set of coins consists of 2 coins, including 1gold coin and 1 silver coin.

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Schedualed Issuance Time
100 Gold Proof 1/4 Round 22 16000 Jun.2006
10 Silver Proof 1 Round 40 36000
 
 
 
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